Definition of Sibyl. Meaning of Sibyl. Synonyms of Sibyl

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Definition of Sibyl

Sibyl
Sibyl Sib"yl, n. [L. sibylla, Gr. ????.] 1. (Class. Antiq.) A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy. Note: The number of the sibyls is variously stated by different authors; but the opinion of Varro, that there were ten, is generally adopted. They dwelt in various parts of Persia, Greece, and Italy. 2. A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess. ``An old highland sibyl.' --Sir W. Scott.

Meaning of Sibyl from wikipedia

- The sibyls ([Σίβυλλαι] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= (help), pl. of [Σίβυλλα] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= (help), pronounced [sí...
- ****aean Sibyl (Latin: Sibylla ****ana) was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at ****ae, a Gr**** colony near Naples, Italy. The word sibyl comes...
- Sibyl or sibyl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sibyls were oracular women believed to possess prophetic powers in ancient Greece. Sybil or Sibyl may...
- Sibyl or Albunea was a Roman sibyl, whose seat was the ancient Etruscan town of Tibur (modern Tivoli). The mythic meeting of Augustus with the Sibyl,...
- Sibyl Vane may refer to: Sibyl Vane, a main character of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray Sibyl Vane, a main character in Vladimir Nabokov's...
- Dame Sibyl Mary Hathaway DBE (née Collings, formerly Beaumont; 13 January 1884 – 14 July 1974) was Dame of Sark from 1927 until her death in 1974. Her...
- The Cimmerian Sibyl, by name Carmentis, was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy, near Lake Avernus (i.e...
- ****espontine Sibyl was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Dardania. The Sibyl is sometimes referred to as the Trojan Sibyl. The word Sibyl comes...
- term sibyl comes (via Latin) from the ancient Gr**** word sibylla, meaning prophetess. There were many Sibyls in the ancient world, but the Libyan Sibyl, in...
- The Erythraean Sibyl was the prophetess of classical antiquity presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Erythrae, a town in Ionia opposite Chios, which...